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THE various forms of inorganic nitrogen in seawater undergo complex transformations involving a variety of biological, chemical and photochemical processes which are important for protein synthesis and which determine the development of the marine ecosystem1.
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JOUSSOT-DUBIEN, J., KADIRI, A. Photosensitized Oxidation of Ammonia by Singlet Oxygen in Aqueous Solution and in Seawater. Nature 227, 700–701 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227700b0
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